Why the study?
Does the POSSUM scoring system accurately predict mortality and morbidity in patients with gastric cancer undergoing D2-gastrectomy?
Population
137 patients with gastric cancer undergoing D2-gastrectomy
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
90 days
Authors
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POSSUM overestimation warrants caution for mortality-only risk estimates in D2-gastrectomy; supports combined morbidity-mortality prediction but leaves open prospective validation.
Does the POSSUM scoring system accurately predict mortality and morbidity in patients with gastric cancer undergoing D2-gastrectomy?
The POSSUM score overestimates mortality but is useful for predicting severe morbidity or post-operative death in patients undergoing D2-gastrectomy for gastric cancer.
Bollschweiler et al. (2005) studied this question.
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